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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say could be purchased at Turner's General Store?
(a) Worms.
(b) Beer.
(c) Lumber.
(d) Hunting licenses.

2. Why did Barbara Kingsolver finally visit the Titan Missile Museum?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) An assignment.

3. In essay 16: 'Postcards from an Imaginary Mom', how long was Barbara Kingsolver on book tour for?
(a) A year.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three months.

4. Why were the Titan Missiles decommissioned, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?
(a) They leaked radiation.
(b) They were inaccurate.
(c) They malfunctioned.
(d) They were obsolete.

5. What job did Barbara Kingsolver take at 25?
(a) Animal behaviorist.
(b) Activist.
(c) Pianist.
(d) Writer.

6. What did Barbara Kingsolver and a friend ask to do at the mall?
(a) Sell raffle tickets to raise money for peace organizations.
(b) Organize a benefit concert.
(c) Hand out pamphlets about the war.
(d) Hold a protest.

7. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the justification for suppressing this information?
(a) Decency.
(b) Morality.
(c) Aesthetics.
(d) Obscenity.

8. What question did Barbara Kingsolver dislike having to answer?
(a) How do you support yourself?
(b) What are you working on now?
(c) What is your book about?
(d) How do you survive having been divorced?

9. What was Barbara Kingsolver inspired by, in this writer?
(a) His peacefulness.
(b) His success.
(c) His curiosity.
(d) His enlightenment.

10. What did Barbara Kingsolver's book tour entail?
(a) Long stays with patrons.
(b) Multi-day courses at colleges.
(c) Sit-ins and hunger strikes.
(d) A different city every day.

11. Whose work was Barbara Kingsolver reading during this work?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

12. What did fans write to give Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Suggestions for books.
(b) Pictures of their children.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Recipes.

13. What conclusion does Barbara Kingsolver reach about activism?
(a) To be a citizen involves accepting the nation's actions.
(b) The national culture is beyond one person's ability to change.
(c) To love your country is to stay and improve it.
(d) To change anything, start with your own habits.

14. What instrument was Barbara Kingsolver asked to play in a band?
(a) Violin.
(b) Keyboard.
(c) Flute.
(d) Trombone.

15. What is Somba the birthplace of, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Voodoo.
(c) Blues.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes writing rewarding for Barbara Kingsolver?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say is the consequence of watching violent films?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver expect would take her away from the band?

4. When were the Titan Missiles outside of Tucson taken out of service?

5. What is in stone soup?

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